RSPA announces a delay in the effective date of regulations governing drug testing, insofar as those regulations would require testing of persons located outside the territory of the United States. Under this final rule, these persons must become...

This ANPRM requests specific information to determine the need for additional regulations to require gas monitoring and alarm systems and automatically-controlled ventilation systems in compressor buildings or for more specific Operations and...

This final rule amends the gas pipeline safety standards by making a number of editorial and other minor changes based on a petition for rulemaking submitted by the New England Gas Association and RSPA's review of the standards. The changes clarify...

This notice proposes to amend the gas pipeline safety regulations to except non-welded tie-in joints from the pressure test requirements. The regulations currently except welded tie-in joints; and the rationale for this exception applies equally to...

This notice proposes to permit the use of an alternative method for determining the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a gas pipeline when its class location (population density increases. The alternative would permit reduction of MAOP in...

 Operators of gas pipelines and associated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and hazardous liquid pipelines would be required to report unsafe conditions in addition to the incidents or accidents they currently are required to report. These...

This final rule amends the criteria used to classify pipelines located near certain buildings and outside areas that are occupied infrequently. The effect is to relieve the undue burdens imposed by the current rules when pipelines are near these...

One part of the current damage prevention rule requires operators, when advised of intended excavation, to give the excavator notice of whether there is or is not a buried pipeline in the area of excavation. This amendment deletes the requirement to...